Jelena Jankovic

TAIPEI - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player, Jelena Jankovic, has suffered an early exit from the WTA tournament in Chinese Taipei after losing 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4 to Kurumi Nara of Japan in the opening round on Tuesday.

Eight-seeded Jankovic lost to world number 87 Nara after two hours and 44 minutes of play.

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MELBOURNE - Serbians Jelena Jankovic and Viktor Troicki have both been knocked out in the third round of the Australian Open singles.

After 90 minutes of play, Jankovic lost 6-4, 5-7, 9-7 to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who will face compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next round.

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MELBOURNE - Serbian Jelena Jankovic is through to the Australian Open third round after beating Germany's Julia Gorges 6-3, 6-4 early Wednesday.

It was Jankovic's fourth victory in five matches against Gorges.

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MELBOURNE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, Viktor Troicki and Dusan Lajovic are all through to the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Jankovic beat German Laura Siegemund 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in early Monday's opener, Troicki outplayed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, while Lajovic eased past Frenchman Stephane Robert, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

SHENZHEN - Young Serbian female tennis player Nina Stojanovic has caused a major upset at the Shenzhen WTA tournament by defeating world number 28 Timea Babos of Hungary 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Monday to reach the last sixteen stage.

Stojanovic won after slightly over two hours of play and will next face Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

SHENZHEN - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has suffered an early exit at the Shenzhen WTA tournament after losing 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to Romania's Simona Halep in the first round.

World number four Halep, who won after an hour and 49 minutes of play, will next face Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

MOSCOW - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the Moscow WTA tournament after beating Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday.

Jankovic won after 76 minutes of play and will next face the winner of the match between Anastasiya Pavlyuchenko of Russia and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic beat compatriot Aleksandra Krunic 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong WTA tournament.

Jankovic won their first-ever encounter after an hour and a half of play.

HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the Hong Kong WTA tournament after beating American Samantha Crawford 6-3, 6-1.

She will next face compatriot Aleksandra Krunic, who defeated Luxika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, 6-0 on Monday.

It will be Jankovic and Krunic's first-ever encounter.

WUHAN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has been ousted from the WTA tennis tournament in Wuhan, China, after losing to Czech Barbora Strycova 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the round of last 16 early Thursday.

Strycova came from a set behind to win the match after nearly two and a half hours of play.

The prize money in Wuhan is 2,589,000 dollars.

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